This time I test the loading time in 4 modern games, Far Cry 6, Horizon Zero Dawn, Horizon Forbidden West and Forza Motorsport.
These games (except for Zero Dawn) state that an SSD is required at a minimum.
This time I used a different SSD, a 2TB Crucial MX500. I thought I would be nice to the SSD fans and use a better SSD in the test to make the SSD advantage larger for your pleasure.
So, the SSD did win (like it did in Round 3 FH5) but the main question today was, will these games work?
And the answer is yes, they do work just fine and still load in under 1 min (except zero dawn, no idea what was up with that, tbh I probably should've tested it again)
I found it funny that Forza would warn you that the game may not launch. LOL. I played a few hours of it with no issues other than the occasional slow to load texture at the start of a race. These games work fine and are playable.
How much did Raid 0 help? I have no idea, no way to test unless I break my raid setup and loose all my data, which I'm not doing.
Score so far:
HDD Raid 0: 4 (+1 for being able to play the games that claimed they wouldn't work)
SSD: 3 (+1 for winning)
Toshiba X300 HDWR440 (x3 Striped)
Crucial MX500 (x1)
Windows 11
Intel Core i7 10700k
24GB DDR4 3200mhz
Round 1: • HDD raid 0 vs sata SSD...
Round 2: • HDD raid 0 vs sata SSD...
Round 3: • HDD raid 0 vs sata SSD...
Round 4: • HDD raid 0 vs sata SSD...
00:00 - Intro
00:08 - Far Cry 6
01:43 - Horizon Zero Dawn
03:38 - Horizon Forbidden West
04:52 - Forza Motorsport
05:14 - Are you sure about that
05:23 - Forza Motorsport
06:50 - Conclusion
07:16 - Forza gameplay on HDD Raid
27:40 - Proof the game was running on HDD Raid